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Where does “medica” come from?

medica (Latin) comes from Latin Mēdia, from Ancient Greek Μηδία, from Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ, from Proto-Indo-European -íh₂, from Proto-Indo-European -h₂ — Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

medica (Latin): a female doctor, healer; nominative feminine...

Definitions

  1. a female doctor, healer; nominative feminine...

Ancestry of “medica”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinMēdia—
2Ancient GreekΜηδία—
3Ancient Greek-ῐ́ᾱ{{l|en|-ia}}; "suffix forming abstract feminine...
4Proto-Indo-European-íh₂—
5Proto-Indo-European-h₂Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

Words derived from “medica”

  • medical
  • medicine
  • medication
  • medicinal
  • biomedical
  • medically
  • medic
  • biomedicine
  • paramedic
  • telemedicine
  • medicalization
  • nonmedical
  • medicate
  • medicinally
  • premedication
  • medicament
  • medicalisation
  • paramedical
  • nanomedicine
  • aeromedical
  • ethnomedical
  • premedical
  • metheglin
  • premedicine
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